If that's true then it's the first thing Windows has got right in a bloody long time. Previous versions of Windows however are just like Mac and *nix - if you yank the drive out prematurely you run the risk of file corruption. Of course, it is dead easy to correctly eject a USB drive on a Mac, so long as you are not a brain-dead luser as Barbie seems to be - you just click Eject from the context menu (right mouse button, or ctrl-click for single button mouses), or click the Eject icon beside the drive in Finder, or press Cmd-E, or if you really want, drag the icon the the trash. The dragging to trash method is from the very early days of Mac OS and was one of the ways you could eject a 3.5" floppy.

Anyone who claims there is only one way to do something on a Mac has no idea how to use a Mac...

I use Pixelmator. It isn't free, but is a danged fine image editor.

Yeah, you definitely need to add an "easy" mode with fewer tiles and an optional preview thumbnail (not too small though!) to make it a bit easier. But for a basic jigsaw puzzle it is reasonably neat. One problem I did have though was sometimes the tiles randomly disappear and/or show the wrong piece - sometimes you get duplicate pieces on screen, but when you move one of the dupes it reverts back to the piece it should be...

And the reason for my "laundry list" is that they just work so darned well I upgraded reasonably often! (Okay, the multiple shuffles were just a vanity/convenience thing - one for audiobooks, one for music and a couple of different colours just because. ;^) )

Add me to the list of non-negative experiences: Half a dozen iPods, four iPod Shuffles, an iPhone, Mac mini, iBook G4, MacBook pro, iMac and I've had no real problems with any of these. The iPods still work fine with no battery issues, even the second oldest (the oldest I sold, so I don't know how that one is going) at just over five years old is still working fine and holds its charge well. My MBP does need a new battery, but it does get a helluva lot of work, so I'm not too worried about that...

At least I have the balls to put a name to my trolling! ;^)

Quit the "quota" bullshit. Unless you can provide evidence that your mythical quotas exist, stick to the facts. he was trying to arrest people who had broken the law, they got uppity, started acting like dicks and got what was coming. Fuck 'em all.

Besides, you probably broke at least one law today. With the number of laws on the books, it's almost impossible not to.

Maybe that is true, but if a police officer tried to detain me for questioning or to arrestme, I wouldn't act like complete fucktard and start screaming at him and abusing him. There's a little thing called respect - you obviously have not heard of this concept but you really should try it some time.

The reason there appears to be a problem with black people being "victimised" is that they have no fucking respect and feel that they are entitled to get away with breaking any fucking law they choose because of the colour of their skin. Show a little respect to authority figures and they will return the favour.

I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but...

Quota? What fucking quota? He saw four fucktards breaking the law and tried to apprehend them. Next you'll be saying that if a single police officer sees four men raping four seperate women, he should only try to apprehend one of them? Pull your head out of your fucking ass and have a look at the real world for a change.

Here's a simple solution which will help avoid these situations in the future: Don't break the law! and if you do break the law and a police officer tries to apprehend you, don't try to resist arrest or he will be forced to use stronger tactics to restrain you. And if after breaking the law and subsequently resisting arrest you get "hurt", don't go screaming to the media about how the police are using strong-arm tactics on the poor, oppressed minorities. Black or white if you break the law and resist arrest you will be treated the same.

Resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer? The bitch deserves what she got. All the fucktards hovering around should be charged with interfering with a police officer as well. When dicks like these have no respect for the police, no wonder the police have to resort to using reasonable force to protect themselves and apprehend violent dicks.

I would hazard a guess and say that it is the type of smile. Americans just seem to sport that wide, goofy looking grin. 8^)

Pfft!!! Create something original? That's just crazy talk!

By now I am sure you have read enough on more reliable sources than Gizmodo to realise where your assumptions are wrong:

The guy who found the phone did not contact Apple at all - his "friend" called Apple Support and that was all. Apple's support techs are not kept in the loop with all the secret products in development, so they naturally would not have any idea that the phone even existed.

The crime is in failing to try to return the phone to its rightful owner. If he (not his friend) could not get through to someone at Apple, a simple solution is to take the phone to the police and let them know where you found it. If no-one claims it after a reasonable period, the police will hand it over to you and it is yours free and clear.

A second crime is in purchasing goods off someone who does not rightfully own them.

Oh, and BTW, Gizmodo also did not make any efforts to return the phone in a prompt manner - they sat on it for a week or two while they took pictures, videos and pulled apart a device they did not legally own. They only returned it to Apple after at least two requests by Apple. Oh yeah, although it is not illegal, Gizmodo sure acted like dicks when they finally decided to hand over their prized toy. A little dignity wouldn't have gone astray.

According to them 75% of their traffic is from paying customers. So essentially they are dropping a minority that are dead weight and focusing on the people who actually pay.

I wonder how many of that 75% started with free accounts?

You can troll better than this!

Where are the context-aware ads based on the content of your print out? In fact, what about the big G slipping ads into your print outs?